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dence of the E,ed Throated individual being a female. They have likewise 
been shot in company in the spring. (Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppt. and Edin. 
Phil. Journ. voL viii. 209.) These circumstances seem calculated to excite 
more inquiry respecting the specific characters of the species of the genus. 
Gen. XCV. URIA. Guillemot.— Bill straight, compres- 
sed, pointed, margins incurved ; the upper mandible, with 
a distinct terminal notch. 
214. U. Troile. Foolish Guillemot. — Head, neck, and 
throat, dull blackish-brown ; above, brownish-black ; breast and 
belly white. 
Lavy, Martin's St Kilda, 59. — Lomwia Insulae Farrae, Will. Orn. 244. 
Sihh. Scot. 20 — Col. Troile, Linn. Syst. i. 220. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 
519. — Uria Tr. Temm. Orn. ii. 021 — EJ, Guilem, Guillemot, Sea Hen, 
Skout, Kiddaw, Murse, Willoch, Tinkershere — >5, Marrot, Skutock ; 
IF, Gwilym ; N. Lungy — Common on all the coasts. 
Length 18, breadth 28 inches ; weight 24 ounces. Bill black; from the 
nostrils to the tip an inch and a half; gape 3 inches ; inside orange. Tongue 
nearly the length of the bill, pointed. Vermiform appendages, short, point- 
ed. Legs, behind, and soles, black ; before and above, yellowish-brown. Pri- 
maries pale towards the base; the secondaries tipped with v/hite. Tail short 
and rounded, of 1 2 feathers. In winter the black on the throat and fore-neck 
is replaced by white, and the plumage above has a greyish tinge. Female 
less. — Nest on the ledge of a rock on the shore. Egg 1, greenish, blotched 
with dusky. — Young vdth the bill short; sides and front of the neck whitish 
like the old birds in their wdnter garb. In this state it is the Lesser Guille- 
mot of British writers. 
It is probable that the Uria Brunnichii {Temm. Orn. ii. 924.), may occur 
during the winter season, especially among the northern islands. The dilat- 
ed broad base of the bill, and the white of the belly extending to an arrow- 
shaped point on the fore-neck, may serve to distinguish it. The throat, how- 
ever, probably becomes white in winter. 
Gen. XCVI. CEPHUS. Sceaber.— Bill longer than the 
head ; upper mandible destitute of the terminal notch. 
215. C. Grylle. Common Scraber. — Bill straight, narrow ; 
wing-covers forming a large white spot. 
Scraber, Martin's St Kilda, 58 — Columba Groenlandica, Will. Orn. 245. 
Sibb. Scot. 20 Col. Grylle, Linn. Syst. i. 220. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 
521 — ^Uria Gr. Temm. Orn. ii. 925 — Greenland Dove, Sea Turtle ; 
N, Scraber, Toyst, Tystie — Common. 
Length 14, breadth 22 inches; v/eight 14 ounces. Bill black, an inch and 
a half' long. Mouth and legs orange. Irides hazel. Plumage black, except 
the large wing spot and tips of the secondaries, which are white. Tail of 12 
feathers. In winter the plumage becomes mottled with white. In Greenland 
it becomes wholly white, as was pointed out to me by Sir Charles Giesecke, 
in the collection of the Dublin Society, in a specimen which he brought from 
that country. In this state, it is the Spotted Guillemot of Pennant. Female 
similar. — ^Nest on ledges of rocks; chiefly in caves. Egg 1, white, with black 
